http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ A look at the world of documentary film, indy film, television, and the evolving digital tools and communities that are impacting the way stories are told today and in the future. en-us steve@MagnifyMedia.com 2007-07-11T21:32:13-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/132832988/014013.html The problem with the phrase "User-Generated Content" is that it wraps together purely amateur video, your family ski videos, semi-pro, and the emerging new community of creators who are part of an new ecosystem of media makers. The idea that 'premium' content will come from the current sources of video just doesn't reflect the changing impact of both bandwidth and... 14013@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-07-11T21:32:13-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/014013.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/132832989/014012.html When you travel often, you get used to certain routines. Jet Blue, has created an 'experience' that has been on the whole pleasant, consistent, and good humored. When they weren't able to get you somewhere, they would explain why - and help you sort it out. It appears that party is over. Now, for the first time, Jet Blue left... 14012@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-07-11T21:30:34-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/014012.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/100987352/012980.html It had been a while since I’d talked to Larry Lessig, or heard him talk about Creative Commons. I’ve always embraced his vision, but it’s been hard to get people to understand that re-thinking copyright is a critical element of the evolution of content on the web. But at this year’s TED conference, Lessig presented an 18 min talk that... 12980@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-03-11T16:41:07-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012980.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/100982021/012978.html At TED there are thinkers and there are doers. People stand on stage and talk about concepts, ideas, theories, and ideas. Then in the gallery area, there are products – mostly companies, that present ideas that have evolved into things that are manufactured. The space between, from idea to execution – isn’t something that is often visible. In the middle... 12978@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-03-11T16:40:11-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012978.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/100982022/012977.html Hanging out with Thomas Dolby at the TED party last night, we ended up talking about Larry Lessig. Thomas had said at TED global in Oxford that he didn’t want his music given away freely on the web, sparking a discussion about how artists feel about distribution. And as we explored the need to balance the freedom of the web... 12977@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-03-11T16:39:47-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012977.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/100971844/012976.html Eighteen minutes can seem like an eternity on the TED stage, or it can go by in a flash. But every now and then, someone will speak with such passion, conviction, and vision that you just know you’re hearing the worlds of a world changing individual. That was my reaction to listening to Bill Stone. Stone is an explorer. You... 12976@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-03-11T16:25:30-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012976.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/100122478/012951.html This morning's TED University was 6 rapid fire (15min) mini-courses that were a wild mix of theory, exploration, and mini-adventures. David Rose gave a great talk about how to raise money from VC's, There was a talk about how to be lucky - a talk about flying model helicopters, and a mini-session on YouTube and how to video blog. And... 12951@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-03-07T20:53:35-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012951.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/96282574/012668.html Skirmishes on the web 2.0 Media Battlefield. Media enterprises large and small are struggling to sort out how the future will look. The overarching question, what role will existing media companies have when the transformation to web 2.0 is complete. It's far to early to make anything other than wild guesses, but a handful of things happened in the past... 12668@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-02-26T10:30:11-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012668.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/96282575/012667.html I remember seeing the The Day After Tomorrow and thinking it was an environmental scare tactic. Horrible storms, dramatic climate change, and hail the size of cinder blocks. Nonsense. Sure, i knew that Global Warming was a serious problem, but that movie seemed to me to be an exaggeration. Or so I thought. But now, i can't help but notice... 12667@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-02-26T10:26:15-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012667.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/89480485/012542.html If you were the Governor of New York, and you'd just been sworn into office, what would your first act be? Well - for Elliot Spitzer, the decision he made should prove to be both a clue about the kind of Governor he'll be and what the future of politics may hold. I'm talking about Executive Order #3. Executive Order... 12542@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-02-10T15:57:41-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012542.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/89444078/012517.html WeMedia. Thoughts and Pix February 10, 2007 Since my last visit with the WeMedia team, things are different. In an important way. It's changed. the WE in WeMEDIA got bigger, the 'MEDIA', got smaller. Or more intimate, more more focused. Not sure which. Photo: WeMedia founders Dale Peskin and Andrew Nachison. (by JD Lasica) Maybe the best person I... 12517@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-02-10T14:54:00-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012517.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/89461014/012519.html February 08, 2007 At the WeMedia Conference in Washington in 2005 - i spoke in detail about the vision of what was the basis of Magnify.net. In preparing to go to Miami, i re-readwhat i said. Here's the synopsis from the WeMedia website: "Steven Rosenbaum, managing partner of Magnify Media told attendees of The Media Center's Cross-Platform media teams event... 12519@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-02-08T14:55:28-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012519.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/89461015/012518.html February 08, 2007 We're in the afternoon session - Alan Weber is moderating a panel on how the business side is evolving. It's a neat group - Jeff Clavier, SoftTechVC / Jeff Taylor, Monster and Eons, Fernando Esplueas, VOY / Chris Ahearn, Reuters / Brian O’Malley, Battery Ventures The question was just posed by Reuters - "Will there be a... 12518@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-02-08T14:54:50-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012518.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/89480486/012541.html Joe Biden. The dust up over the past few days sent me back to the outtakes from "Inside The Bubble", about the 2004 election, to see if my memory served me correctly. Standing among a scrum of reporters, Biden has a telling interaction with ABC's Dan Harris about listening to your own voice and not being micromanaged by the consultants.... 12541@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-02-04T15:56:43-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012541.html http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Docu-blog/stevesPov/~3/89461013/012521.html February 03, 2007 So, we've survived. The booth team is exhausted, the pile of cards is huge. The buzz is great. And we're ready to be back home. Ok, so for those of you who don' t know how valuable VC's can be - here's the best example yet of what a VC can do... Here's David Baum of Stage... 12521@http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/ 2007-02-03T14:56:47-05:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/steve.rosenbaum/archives/012521.html